A good 80% of Alabama was not getting showers or thunderstorms at 1:15 p.m. The ones that moved through West and Central Alabama since this morning were over on the east side of the state and moving into Georgia.
At 1:15, most of the showers were over Clay County northward to just east of Anniston and near Heflin. There were still a few reports of lightning in that area. Other widely spaced showers extended southwestward to near Montgomery.
Over NW Alabama, some new showers formed, including a short line of heavy showers from extreme North Fayette County across the NW tip of Walker County to near Double Springs in Winston County. Some of these may develop into thunderstorms. Everything was moving toward the east.
To the west of Alabama, there were no showers in progress across Mississippi, Louisiana and Arkansas. The weather across Central Alabama will not completely settle down until some point Saturday afternoon.
A low-pressure area will move eastward from North Texas and Oklahoma overnight and it should cross Tennessee or extreme NW Alabama Saturday. This is going to give us quite a windy day. There is still a chance of some scattered showers and thunderstorms later this afternoon, overnight and into Saturday morning. A few of those could be strong to severe. Much drier air will arrive tomorrow afternoon and temperatures will drop into the 40s Saturday night. Sunday looks good.
One final note: all the latest information we can chew on seems to delay our big thunderstorm event until about Wednesday of next week, but possibly as early as Tuesday night.
